 Brand logos of K-Telecom - Win mobile and +7Telecom | |
Native name | ООО «К-Телеком» |
|---|---|
| Company type | Limited liability company |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2014; 11 years ago (2014) |
| Headquarters | Chekistov Avenue, 33, bldg. 2[1],, |
Area served | Crimea,Sevastopol,Luhansk,Donetsk,Zaporozhye,Kherson |
| Products | cellular network,local telephone service,broadband,mobile television |
| Brands | Win mobile, +7Telecom |
| Website | mobile-win 7telecom |
K-Telecom (Russian:К-Телеком) is a Russiantelecommunications company and mobile network operator. As of 2025, it operates under brandWin mobile (Вин мобайл) inCrimea andSevastopol,[2] and under brand+7Telecom (+7Телеком) inLuhansk,Donetsk,Zaporozhye andKherson.[3]
Big four Russian mobile network operatorsMTS,MegaFon,t2 andBeeline have long avoided the internationally recognizedoccupied territories to avoid direct sanctions, which led to creation of separate mobile network operators like K-Telecom andMiranda.[4] By the end of 2023, K-Telecom had cancelled internal roaming charges while roaming on big four Russian mobile networks.[5]
Following the start ofRusso-Ukrainian war, K-Telecom officially began operations as Win Mobile inCrimea andSevastopol in August 2014 on the frequencies and equipment of the former operatorMTS Ukraine,[6][7][8][9] and is often believed that the company is owned byMTS due to the purchase by the former CEO ofMGTS Pavel Kuznetsov.[10] Between 2022 and 2023, following the2022 annexation, K-Telecom started operations inLuhansk,Donetsk,Zaporozhye andKherson under the brand +7Telecom.[8][11][12]
In 2018, through anInternational Telecommunications Union publication, Ukraine requested telecommunication operators in their respective countries to refrain from routing in the telecommunication public networks of the outgoing and incoming international traffic, which can be received in the indices of numbers of the numbering plan of the Russian Federation, allocated for the use in the territory of Crimea, by telecommunications operators of the Russian Federation, and under the international mobile country identification code of land-based networks with radio access “250” (mobile country code) identification codes (mobile network code): 32; 33; 34; 60.[13] Win mobile uses 25032,[14] while +7Telecom uses 25096.[12] On 25 February 2022,Vodafone Ukraine cancelled roaming with Russian operatorsMTS andMegaFon inLuhansk People's Republic andDonetsk People's Republic, which lead to no mobile service in the republics.[15]
By June 2022, +7Telecom had taken over Vodafone Ukraine's infrastructure and started operations inLuhansk,Donetsk,Zaporozhye andKherson.[12] By January 2024, +7Telecom had restored internet access in Donetsk and Luhansk.[16] As of 2024, over the past 10 years, the company had launched3G network on theCrimean peninsula with 100% coverage, and4G network with 70% coverage in across the peninsula. In addition, equipment refarming were carried out, and domestic Russian systems were used.[17] In March 2024, +7Telecom made purchasing SIM cards available at local post offices.[18]
K-Telecom operates onGSM,UMTS andLTE standards.
| Frequency | Band number | Protocol | Class | Brand | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 900 MHz | 8 | GSM | 2G | Win mobile, +7Telecom | Crimea,Sevastopol,Luhansk,Donetsk,Zaporozhye,Kherson |
| 1800 MHz | 3 | ||||
| 2100 MHz | 1 | UMTS | 3G | Win mobile | Crimea,Sevastopol |
| 2600 MHz | 7 | LTE | 4G | Win mobile, +7Telecom | Crimea,Sevastopol,Luhansk,Donetsk,Zaporozhye,Kherson |
